By Shirley L NgThe Takeaways Recognition of Chinese Immigrants’ Contributions: Brooklyn Councilmember Susan Zhang ...

American history classes typically teach that the original transcontinental railroad was a major triumph. What they don‘t say ...

Harper's Weekly reported on the progress of the transcontinental railroad throughout its construction ... as well as South American and the West Indies; but New York would become, to America ...

With the completion of its great railroad, America gave birth to a transcontinental culture. And the route further engendered another profound change in the American mind. Here was manifest ...

After all, he asks, “What could be more American than to build a railroad?” Forgotten Workers: Chinese Migrants and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad” is on view from May 10 ...

Riding the rails' on a recent adventure convinced Tom Lounsbury it is a great way to travel, and he's checking matters out ...

Council Member Susan Zhuang on Tuesday introduced a City Council resolution that would, for the first time, recognize the ...

Surrounded by descendants of Chinese railroad workers, supporters, and fellow lawmakers on the steps of City Hall, Council ...

Elementary students can explore and celebrate a variety of cultures in May during AANHPI Heritage Month. May is Asian ...

The ambitious, multi-year "American Railroad" project tells the story of the transcontinental grid's construction through the lens of workers including African American, Chinese, Japanese ...

“May 10th, 1869: the transcontinental railroad was completed thanks to ... Asian Americans are a major part of American History and can’t be forgotten.” ...